Definition of homerun
1. home_run [ n ] a base hit on which the batter scores a run
Used in print:(Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)
Jim_Landis ' 380 - foot home_run over left in the first inning gave the Sox a 1 - 0 lead , but Harmon_Killebrew came_back in the bottom of the first with his second homer in two days with the walking Bob_Allison aboard .
Al_Smith 's 340 - blast over left in the fourth - his fourth homer of the campaign - tied the score and Carreon 's first major_league home_run in the fifth put the Sox back in_front .
The spectacular Mays , who reaches a decade in the big_leagues come May 25 , joined six other sluggers who walloped four home_runs in a span of nine innings .
In four of his nine previous seasons Mays hit as_many_as 25 home_runs and stole as_many_as 25 bases .
THE DENVER-AREA TV_audience was privileged to see Mays ' four home_runs , thanks to a new arrangement made by Bob_Howsam that the games are not to be blacked_out when his Bears are playing at_home .
Synonyms home_run homer Related Terms base_hit solo_homer homer2. home_run [ n ] something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal
Examples:
"the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer"
"scored a bull's eye"
"hit the mark"
"the president's speech was a home run"
Similar Spelling
home_runhome_range
